poverty is the state of being extremely poor

monasteries are buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows

a rebellion is an act of armed resistance against a government or leader

The problem of poverty in Tudor England

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Growing population in Elizabethan England

Social life for the poor in Tudor England

Tudor attitudes to poverty and the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601)

The impact of the Elizabethan Poor Law

Was there a ‘Golden Age’ for the poor in Elizabethan England?

In this unit, pupils studied the problem of poverty in the 16th century alongside attitudes and responses to this. In 'Post-war Britain: for whom did the United Kingdom become a ‘New Jerusalem'?', pupils will see how the idea of governmental responsibility for people's welfare became a critical aspect of attitudes towards poverty in the 20th century and led to very different types of responses.

In 'Local history: how similar were medieval lives in Norwich?', pupils studied inequalities in medieval society and the lives of the poor. In this unit, pupils will extend their understanding of the lives of the poor by considering different aspects of their lives, including the ways in which they were treated by others, in the early modern period.

In this unit, pupils assess the extent to which Elizabethan England represented a 'Golden Age' for the poor. They examine the causes of poverty in this period and learn about contemporary responses to this growing problem before evaluating whether things improved for this group.

Life in Tudor England: was there a 'Golden Age' for the poor?

subsistence is the act of maintaining oneself at a most basic level

blood sports are forms of entertainment involving hunting, wounding or killing, usually of animals

the theatre is a venue where plays are performed

a parish is a small administrative district that has its own church and priest

a vagabond is someone who wanders from place to place without a home or a job

impotent means helpless or powerless or unable to take effective action

a person who has a strong and healthy body is able-bodied

a social historian is a historian who is interested in studying the lives of ordinary people

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